Messianic Hope and Davidic Expectation


That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;  GENESIS 22:17


And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place!  this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven. 


And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it.  GENESIS 28:17,18


He shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish the throne of his kingdom for ever. 


2 SAMUEL 7:13


Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.  PSALM 2:8


Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I was jealous for Zion with great jealously, and I was jealous for her with great fury.  ZECHARIAH 8:2


and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. 


And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven :  ST MATTHEW 16:18d,19a


And he saith unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Hereafter ye shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man.  ST JOHN 1:51


The Son of God, the King of Israel, Jesus of Nazareth, is the Messiah of God and he is the Hope of Israel.  Upon Abraham's obedience, God spoke to him concerning his blessing AND authority in God; Abrahamic blessing and authority are a part of the inheritance of the everlasting covenant God made with Abraham.  Jacob's inheritance was confirmed in a dream and in his prophetic oracle spoken by him following.  The Messianic hope of Israel is according to the covenants God made with Israel's forefathers such that the Davidic expectation is in line with the received authority alloted to Abraham and Jacob.


The early apostles of Jesus Christ witnessed the Messiah's redemptive work in the land of Israel leading up to his crucifixion.  Through Christ's appointments, discipleship, and fellowship, the alloted authority of the covenants of promise was set and decreed in a manner that confirmed the Davidic Hope of the covenants of promise. 


The Davidic Expectation was witnessed in Christ's decree to Nathanael which confirmed Jacob's prophetic oracle concerning Bethel; the Messiah is the anointed one recorded in the law and prophets.